SOA Governance in Action

Part 1. Introduction

In the first part of this book I’ll talk about the theory behind SOA governance and help you set up an environment you can use to play around and experiment with the concepts explained in this book. I’ll explain what SOA governance is by looking at the following subjects:

• What is SOA and what is governance?
• What are the advantages and disadvantages of SOA governance?
• How can tools and open source help in applying SOA governance?

After this introduction we’ll take a look at how you can set up an environment that you can use to experiment with. This environment contains all the tools you need for a minimal SOA governance solution. I’ll also show you, based on a complete case study, how the various tools and components ...